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With just two weeks until the May 8 primary, Falk is preparing to go on the offensive against the Milwaukee mayor over the issue of workers rights.

“Kathleen spent a year in the movement to recall Scott Walker, Tom Barrett waffled on whether he’d even sign a recall petition. Kathleen has a realistic, transparent plan for restoring workers rights, and Tom Barrett thinks the Republicans in the Assembly will work with him and for some unexplainable reason undo what they and Scott Walker did a year ago,” said a top Falk strategist.

Until now, Falk and Barrett have trained their fire on the polarizing GOP governor — a unified front that has mostly allowed Democrats to avoid any intra-party sniping that could undermine the goal of recalling the third governor in the nation’s history.

But even Falk’s campaign acknowledges they’re behind and in need of a more robust message in order to overcome Barrett, the 2010 gubernatorial nominee who has scooped up endorsements from Sen. Herb Kohl, former Rep. Dave Obey and much of the state Democratic establishment.

An internal Falk poll, part from a strategy memo that was released to POLITICO, showed the former Dane County executive cutting into Barrett’s lead, but still trailing by 8 percentage points.

“The race is dead even in all media markets save Milwaukee and our favorable ratings remain strong,” wrote Falk campaign manager Meagan Mahaffey in the memo. “Fully 40 percent of likely primary voters responded they were undecided when first questioned, an indication that this election remains very fluid.”

But Barrett’s campaign believes it holds a double-digit advantage — and at least one outside poll confirms that.

A survey taken by Barrett pollster Fred Yang last week placed Falk’s deficit at 14 points, mirroring the outcome of a Daily Kos/Public Policy Polling finding.

“If we compare just their polling, they released an internal poll in late March that said they were ahead by 1. So if we compare apples to apples, the Falk campaign’s own polling admits they have lost ground since then,” said Yang.

It's a race to see which Democrat Candidate, and Union sock-puppet, can quote the Communist Manifesto the greatest number of times in a single campaign. The winner will be compensated on their historic loss at the polls in June by being allowed to co-host Keith Olbermann's next doomed talk show; "Whatever it is, It's all George W Bush's Fault." appearing this Fall, every other Tuesday night at 3:30 AM on cable-access channel 241, Oxnard.

Amen..Unions control the dems... And with unemployment stalled at above 8% the spend their money fighting an issue that only benefits a minority of workers. When they could put that same energy to get Wisconsin back on its' feet. But money talks and unions walk! We must de-certify unions! They have nothing to offer except money to their party members to who vote for more union benefits. NLRB appointees.....pro-union anti-business...